try tools/internet options/advanced uncheck 'show friendly HTTP error messages' and you should see the actual error returned.
If it is checked, IE masks all errors with it's blanket 'friendly' (i.e. useless message). Unfortunately this is a browser setting, so nothing you can do about it on the server. --- Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 June 2003 14:29 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Custom error pages & Internet Explorer > > > Hi, > > I have just started learning JSP & Tomcat so please be gentle. > > I am currently designing a webapp and was trying to get some custom > error pages working (currently just to handle 404, page cannot be > found). However they don't seem to work in Internet Explorer. > > All of the default Tomcat errors work fine and so do my > custom ones when > viewed in Mozilla, however IE just displays the default > Microsoft errors. > > I though that maybe IE was using the HTTP return code in order to > determine which page was displayed so I try changing that > code using (in > the custom error jsp page): > > response.setStatus() - with codes SC_OK, SC_MOVE_TEMPORARILY > > All this ended up doing is was breaking Mozilla & causing the default > Tomcat errors to come back. > > Searching though the achives someone posted a similar problem > last year > but either the archive does not have the replies or no-one replied to > the poster. > > Any help here would be appreciated. > > Regards > > Lee > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
